The committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot will not call former President Donald Trump or former Vice President Mike Pence as witnesses, according to a report.
The President and Vice President will be at the White House on April 24, 2020.
It was not clear if speaking to Trump would shed any light on the evidence already obtained by the committee.
According to Cheney, the committee doesn't plan to call Pence as a witness, but is in talks with representatives for him.
Thompson told CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer in October that nobody is off limits from the committee's subpoenas.
Four days after the committee subpoenaed the Minority Leader and four other House Republicans, Thompson made comments.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Trump refused to say if he would be willing to meet with the committee.
The sole purpose of the committee is to prevent Trump from running for president again. Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and her husband have answered the committee's questions. John Eastman, a former Trump lawyer, invoked the Fifth Amendment 146 times while answering questions, as other Trump associates have been less cooperative. The committee recommended criminal contempt charges against the two men. McCarthy claimed that he was in contact with Trump during critical moments on the day of the riot, like the witnesses called by the committee. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that one of the two Republicans on the committee, Rep. Liz Cheney, urged the committee to focus on Trump's role in the riot. The committee has access to documents from the administration of Trump. The Supreme Court and other judicial authorities have rejected his attempts to assert executive privilege over the documents.
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